What are the benefits of euthanasia?

Supporters of euthanasia see its biggest benefit as relief from suffering and pain for a dying patient. Euthanasia is seen as a more humane alternative for terminally ill loved ones who are undergoing intense or unstoppable pain, and allowing a patient to die on his own terms is viewed as an act of mercy.

Supporters also believe that euthanasia should be a basic right — that people have the right to choose when they die and how they die — and that because a person's own death doesn't bother anyone else, it should be legal to die if that choice is made. Others see euthanasia as a cost-effective means of dealing with terminally ill patients and a method for conserving medical resources.